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Monday, August 15, 2016

Decoding Michaela by @LynHornerAuthor

Genre:
Contemporary/Romantic Suspense/World Mythology/Magical Realism

Description:

“Michaela
Peterson can read minds but can she tell good from evil? A Guardian
of Danu sworn to protect one of seven sacred scrolls, her identity is
known only to the High Guardian. Or so she thinks until a stranger
brings word that her revered leader has been murdered by vicious
‘Hellhounds’ who want the scrolls. She’s attracted to the
handsome messenger, but is he who he claims to be? Or does he mean to
gain her trust and steal the scroll she guards?

Dev Medina
often dreams of a woman he calls his golden goddess. He believes she
is real and meant for him. Expecting to deliver a warning to Dr.
‘Michael’ Peterson from the new High Guardian, he is stunned to
find the doctor is his dream girl. Fearing the Hellhounds may be
coming after her, he wants to whisk her to safety, but she stubbornly
resists leaving her Galveston, Texas, home. Can he convince her to
trust him before tragedy strikes?”

Author:

“Lyn
Horner is a baby boomer born in San Francisco, California, raised in
Minnesota and now residing in Texas with her husband and an
ever-changing band of cantankerous, beloved cats. Trained in the
visual arts, Lyn first worked as a fashion illustrator in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and later as an art instructor for Art
Instruction Schools… After quitting work to raise her children, she
took up writing to save her sanity. This hobby quickly morphed into
an obsession with historical research and plot building.”

It has been
over a year since I read Rescuing
Lara but it took me no time at
all to get back into the story. Dev Medina has offered his assistance
in locating Dr. Peterson, since it was his knowledge that helped
decode the book Lara had secured from her uncle. Dev has a personal
mission, aside from alerting Dr. Peterson to the danger that has
developed, as he heads to the Galveston coast. Dev has prophetic
dreams, and he was sure he would find the girl from those dreams in
the area.

Ms. Horner
was clever in the way she plotted this story. Dev is a strong,
overpowering character who doesn’t do subtle. This doesn’t work
in his favor when he is pitted against an intelligent, independent
woman who refuses to be pushed around. Dev has to learn to temper his
ways to convince Michaela he is there to help her and is looking out
for her best interests. However, I don’t think it served the story
well that Michaela withholds using her powers of insight during most
of the book. As a result, I didn’t feel like Decoding
Michaela carried the same
level of tension as Rescuing
Lara had, until the climax.

I did find
Michaela’s story heart-rending and I melted as she developed a
relationship with Dev. The ending was satisfying as Dev and Michaela
make their way west into Navajo country to meet up with Lara and
Conn. There, future plans are made to locate the other guardians.
This is going to be a fascinating series and I am looking forward to
meeting the other guardians.

Decoding
Michaela is book two in Lyn
Horner’s Romancing the
Guardians series, following
Rescuing Lara.
I would recommend reading this series in order. This book does
contain sexual situations that may offend some.

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